New Ulm weekly review., 1887-11-16
SCHwAB AND FIELDEN

They Will Go to Joliet To- -Day-Their Com
nents on the Tragedy just Concluded
CHICAGO. Nov. 1l.-Flelden and Schwab.
the two anarchists whose sentences were
commuted by Gov. Oglesby to life imprison-
ment, We're not taken down to the peniten-
uary at Joliet to-day as expected, though
the necessary mittinlus have arrived from
Springfield. The sheriff had no men Co spare
to-day to go with them, and it was Thought
lnadvisable to take them on the noon train,
as so doing might have resulted in the
gathering of dangerous crowds on the
streets. and perhaps violence. The sheriff
states, however. that the two men will be
taken down to the pen1tentiary on the train (
tomorrow. just after the execution
reporter visited Sam Fielden and Michael
Schwab. They had been assigned to cells
in the second tier almost facing the door
which leads from the cage into the jail Office.
Flelden was pacing up and down his cell,
with his hands clasped behind him and his
bushy beard pressed down close to his chest
Now and then he would stop and cast
furuive glance at the feeting figures of re-
porters and deputy sheriffs in and out of the
door below. The reporter accosted him
with:
"Mr. Fielden, it is all over"
"Yes. it is all over.esSame the response in
cultural, half choking gSstone of voice. accom-
panied by sad shake of the head. 1T is all
over" 8
And that was all he would say. Just to
the left of Fielden's cell Michael Schwab was
confined He sat on his couch with his head
buried in his hands When the reporter ap-
peared at the iron grated door SchWab
looked up, and responsive to the scribe's
greeting, said:
"Good day Yes" no continued in his native
kox,< Lno~l frnv> fall oT,I toax Of
the end had come. They are dead men now,
and what say cannot influence their fates or
conciliats mine: but say, and with conscious
ness that it's victims under the same roof
with me, that the blind prejudice OF an unholy
conspiracy has murdered five men as innocent
of the charge which they were convicted as
babe unborn But it is done and cannot be un-
done. Spies, Engel, Parsons. Fischer and Lingg
more connected with the death of
Matthias j. Degan than you are. IL is useless
to protest the Innocence of the men caught in
the drag net Of the states attorney and Capt
Setback. expect to spent the rest OF my
natural life in prison. and am virtually dead to
the world, but the crime for which we suRer will
some day be cleared up. 1t may come in time to
save Fielden and !, but the men who forfeited
their lives to-day will ever stand as stain on
the escutcheon of the country.
"NIr@ Schwab," asked the reporter, ARE you
satisfied with the work OF your counsel IN your
behalf7"
method been pursued we would have had sepa-
rate trials and no seven jurtes ever inpaneied
would have found us all even under the evidence
conjured up. guilty of the crimes alleged. Wa
had eminent counsel, it is true, but the damags
wrought could not be repaired at the late hour
they took hold OF the case. IL we had had the
money which later poured in, and could have
used it at the Outset.nOt o man Of us would have
been held under any OF the indictments filed.
Capt Black has worked hard. but he has been
handicapped"
NINA AND HER MOTHER.
About $3.50 this morning cab drew up at
the door of the Van Zandt mansion on Huron
street. Presently the door opened and down
the steps came Miss Nina and her mother.
Mother and daughter presented striking
picture The ravages OF heart anguish un-
| remitting and sleepleas nights were appar-
ent in their faces Strange to say,
| the elder seemed the deeper sufferer For
| while Nina was plainly in deep emotion Her
mother wore countenance of indescribable
woe. They stepped into the cab and In
structed the driver to convey them to the
| Jail The driver whipped up his horse and
| the cab sped southwark to the Jail When
| the cab reached the line of policemen which
| blocked the avenue leading to tnetcoungy
| jail it was stopped The cabman then turned
about, and Nina. breaking into tears. fell
upon her mothers shoulders. In this atti.
! tude they were driven homeward.